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After days of friction and wrangling, the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government on Sunday appointed 39 new Ministers, taking the Cabinet strength to 42. Prominent appointments include BJP State president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar, and party leaders Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and Girish Mahajan; Shiv Sena leaders Gulabrao Patil, Pratap Sarnaik, Dada Bhuse, and Sanjay Rathod; and Nationalist Congress …

Mumbai: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for equating a "red book" of the Constitution with "urban Naxalism" and said the PM gave a similar copy in 2017 to then President Ram Nath Kovind. Addressing a press conference here after launching the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi 's manifesto for the November 20 …

Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement to free the country from naxalism by March 2026, four battalions of the Central Reserve Police Forces comprising 4000 CRPF personnel are set to be depolyed in Bastar for anti-insurgency operations. On August 24, during an inter-state coordination meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police …

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AHMEDABAD: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, stated that while India has long endured the scourge of terrorism and Naxalism, PM Narendra Modi has delivered a strong response by launching surgical and air strikes that have left the enemy rattled. The event was inaugurated in the evening by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Union Home …

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday targeted the Congress Party for allegedly contributing to the proliferation of Naxalism and terrorism within India. We made notable progress under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership in the last 10 years, with Naxalism now confined to only a few districts in select states,” added the U.P. The same condition was prevalent during …

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said post-independence, a “directionless” Congress party has now become leaderless too and the party’s strategy of Muslim appeasement had contributed to the country’s Partition. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said people are increasingly rallying behind the committed leadership of Prime Minister Modi under the banner of “Ek Baar Phir Modi Sarkar.” “The …

Battle Against Naxalism Intensified: Chhattisgarh Police establishes camp in Puvarti village of Hidma. Two months ago, the Vishnu Deo Sai government in Chhattisgarh intensified its fight against Naxalism. Following the Naxal attack on the CRPF camp in Tekalgudam on January 30, resulting in three martyrs and 17 injuries, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai paid homage to the soldiers in Jagdalpur. …

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Chhattisgarh Assembly election dates are yet to be announced but BJP leader and former chief minister Raman Singh, who suffered a massive jolt in the 2018 Assembly elections after three consecutive terms, has turned on the campaign mode. With corruption as his main poll plank, Raman Singh has laid a number of alleged scams, allegedly running into lakhs of crores, …

Hours after an attack on police vehicle that killed 10 personnel and a driver in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel assured that they will “end Naxalism in the state soon”. Their sacrifice will not go to waste.” Earlier, union home minister Amit Shah spoke to Baghel and promised all possible help to the state government. Meanwhile, …

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking the Centre’s assistance in creating employment opportunities for the youth in the Naxalism-hit areas of the state, an official said on Monday. In the letter, Baghel has made five specific suggestions for development of the Naxalism-hit areas, particularly the Bastar region, to root out Naxalism from …

After ending terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, it's time to wipe out Naxalism from across the country, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said here Thursday. Rivals describe the RJD's 15 years rule in Bihar from 1990 to 2005 as "jungle raj" for bad law and order situation. Without naming RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, he said 15 years ago, the …

The Congress-RJD combines poll pact with ultra-Left CPI in Bihar is deplorable and unfortunate as it can lead to a resurgence of naxalism in the state which has reeled under Maoist violence for long, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday. Ending the day with a rally at Paliganj in rural Patna, where he canvassed for sitting MLA …

Ranchi: The JMM-led Jharkhand government is “steeped in corruption” while “crime and naxalism flourish,” BJP chief JP Nadda said on Monday, launching a scathing attack on the Hemant Soren dispensation. Addressing a state executive committee meeting of the saffron party digitally from New Delhi, he said, the previous BJP government led by Raghubar Das had “almost eliminated” naxalism, which has …